In an open letter to Wes Streeting, the health secretary, dentists detailed how the increase in pressure on the public health service will “fuel antibiotic resistance”.
The chances of a dental appointment resulting in an antibiotic prescription increased dramatically during the pandemic. Research led by Wendy Thompson, clinical senior lecturer at the University of Manchester, has revealed that prescribing levels across each of the UK’s four nations have been slow to return to where they would have been if the pandemic hadn’t happened.
Although the government has begun commissioning 700,000 urgent appointments, the British Dental Association (BDA) has said the total unmet need is far higher.
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